January 7, 2000
HOW THE Y2K BUG BIT GREENSPAN & WALL ST.
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amNOW you are really seeing the Y2K bug in action. As everyone knows, neither airliners nor computers crashed during the changeover to the new millennium. But that panic shifted to...
BRIDGEMARKET DEVELOPS CITY'S FINAL FRONTIER
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe area underneath the Queensboro Bridge is going from beefcake to bath linens with a Bed Bath & Beyond superstore set to open late this year. But the store, on...
HELD ACCOUNTABLE - MANY AT PWC HAVE TIE$ TO CLIENTS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amA damaging and highly embarrassing report found nearly half of the partners in the world's largest accounting firm violated industry rules by having financial ties to the company's clients. The...
RETAILERS: BEST CHRISTMAS SEASON SINCE 1992
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amWith Christmas and the New Year's hoopla now just a parting memory, there's only one thing left to do for retailers across the country: count their dough. Stores nationwide reported...
KAY SET TO ENTER THE RING - WORKING WOMEN NETWORK PLAYS SPOILER
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amCable-TV entreprenuer Kay Koplovitz, the founder of USA Networks, is turning her expertise to cyberspace. She has quietly taken the helm as CEO of Working Women Network Inc. -- the...
TRUMPETINGHIS MISSION - JAZZ GREAT MARSALIS WANTS FOLKS TO LEARN TO LISTEN
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amAT 38, Wynton Marsalis is the most respected trumpet player in jazz. He's also the most honored. A multi-Grammy winner and artistic director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Program, he's...
SPRINGTIME RELEASE FOR 'PHANTOM MENACE'
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE big news for sci-fi fans is that 20th Century Fox will release "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" on home video April 4. Alas, it'll be only...
MUSIC ECLIPSES THE CHOREOGRAPHY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amGEORGE Balanchine was fond of saying that the music for his ballets was so well-chosen that if a spectator did not like the dancing he or she could close their...
FOX HIGH 'FIVES' MARTIN
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amLONGTIME New York news personality Carol Martin is coming back to local news after a six-year absence. Martin is being hired by Fox-owned Ch.5 to co-anchor "Fox Five Live," the...
A KILLER BLONDE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00am"La Femme Nikita" Sunday at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. on USA Network THE man I love loves another woman. Her name is La Femme Nikita and she brazenly shows...
THE STARR REPORT
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe Ziegfeld follies Some "Sopranos" crew members have a problem with how they were treated by HBO during Wednesday-night's gala screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre and the proceeding dinner at...
A .COM OFFER YOU CAN REFUSE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amA STATEN Island man with the rights to the web address "www.sopranos.com" is trying to auction off the name. Starting bid: $10,000. "I've got two sons whose friends are always...
TWISTED SIS SINGS 'SOPRANO' - TURTURRO JOINS CAST AS FAMILY'S GLIB SIB
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amMEET the newest Soprano -- the free-spirited Janice, rebellious New Age chick, aging hippie and loving daughter. She also happens to be mob chief Tony Soprano's long-lost, wild-child sister. That...
NO ROOM FOR 'RAINBOW'
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE theater gridlock on Broadway has claimed its first victim.The revival of "Finian's Rainbow," which had been slated to open in April, has been postponed until next season. "We'd been...
SEE JANE RUN - BACK TO THE MOVIES - WE WOULDN(-ESQ-)T TURNER AWAY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amLET(-esq-)S put Jane Fonda back to work!Sure, Hollywood isn(-esq-)t exactly throwing starring roles at 61-year-old separated women who haven(-esq-)t made a movie in a decade.Getting back into the mix could...
FIRST FAMILY TRADES UP FROM OLD ARKANSAS DIGS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe first family's sprawling, new $1.7 million Westchester home is a far cry from the last house they owned-- a quaint, two-story Victorian in Little Rock for which they paid...
THE PILL FOR GUYS MAY BE ERR-BORN
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amScientists are a step closer to developing a birth-control pill for men -- thanks to an accidental discovery in Britain. Researchers at the University of Leicester were genetically engineering mice...
B'KLYN NO. 1 IN TRAFFIC DEATHS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amBrooklyn is the city's crash king -- registering more traffic fatalities than any other borough. There were 129 traffic deaths in Kings County last year, police reported. Queens was second,...
POLITICS BE DAMNED: HE BELONGS WITH DAD
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amIT ISN'T every day that you find a common bond uniting the likes of Ron Perelman and Fidel Castro, Mia Farrow and Hillary Clinton. But there it is: Each has...
FAA CAN'T EX'PLANE' NEW COMPU-GLITCH
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amAnother new-millennium computer glitch stranded thousands of passengers at Northeast airports yesterday. For the second time this week, the Federal Aviation Administration said a computer snafu forced it to ground...
HILL & BILL MAKE HOUSE A HOME - ALL SMILES AFTER NIGHT IN 'WESTCHESTER WHITE HOUSE'
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe first couple yesterday emerged from their first night in their new home, holding hands -- and gushing over the joys of a place to call their very own. "We're...
TECH STOCKS SHORT-CIRCUITING - 150-PT. LOSS PUTS NASDAQ DOWN 9.8% IN NEW YEAR
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amWall Street is reeling from a tech-stock bloodbath that has slashed a whopping 9.8 percent off the Nasdaq stock market in less than a week. And that's putting the once-mighty...
O'CONNOR'S LETTER LIFTS THE SPIRITS OF JAILED LOUIMA COP
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amI T IS one thing to rot in a 6-by-9-foot cage to pay for a crime. It is something else to rot in that cage if you are innocent. "He...
SHRINKS ARE ON DECK TO FACE PUNK ROCKER
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amMajor League Baseball is putting Atlanta Brave big mouth John Rocker on the couch. Commissioner Bud Selig ordered the slur-spewing southpaw to undergo psychological testing for his racist, homophobic diatribe...
COPS SLAP CUFFS ON ROSIE PEREZ
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amSexy screen star Rosie Perez was busted in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Manhattan yesterday as she protested the Navy's bomb tests on a tiny...
BRUTAL ATTICA CHAPTER FINALLY ENDS - EX-CON SPEAKS OUT ABOUT 25-YR. CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amFRANK B.B. Smith lay naked on a table at Attica prison, threatened with castration and death by guards who flicked lit cigarettes at him and smacked his head over and...
CITY TIGHTENS PORN LOOPHOLE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amOwners of sex shops battling to stay open in the face of the city's anti-smut laws will have to sell more things like tourist T-shirts -- and less things like...
RX FOR FLU FLYING OFF PHARMACISTS' SHELVES
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe nation's biggest Y2K bug is the flu, and a surprisingly severe outbreak is straining supplies of two brand-new prescription drugs, officials said yesterday. Glaxo Wellcome, the maker of the...
GOP'S OUT TO SKEWER CUOMO FOR RUDY SLAP
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amREPUBLICANS in the U.S. Senate want to strike back at Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo after he embarrassed Mayor Giuliani last month by charging that Rudy was playing politics with federal...
COUNCIL BID TO BAR MAYOR FROM CITY-FUNDED ADS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe City Council was preparing yesterday to pass a bill that would bar Mayor Giuliani from appearing in city-funded public-service ads while running for the Senate. But the legislator who...
EX-CON FACES JAIL IN A CASE OF PER'JURY'; EXCLUSIVE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amA Bronx man with a history of drug convictions is facing seven years in jail on an entirely different crime -- lying his way onto a jury. As a convicted...
HE'LL STAY BATTY IF HE DOESN'T OPEN UP: DOCS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amJohn Rocker will have to bare his many prejudices and discuss his childhood and family history when he's evaluated, doctors say. "A psychiatrist will ask about his family, about how...
GORE'S CAMPAIGN BOSS IN RACIAL FLAP
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- The lone black Republican in Congress and retired Gen. Colin Powell blasted Al Gore's shoot-from-the-hip campaign manager yesterday for suggesting they're GOP tokens. In separate letters, an angry...
FOLLOWING IN JIMMY PIERSALL'S FOOTSTEPS?
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amBraves hurler John Rocker isn't the first ballplayer who needed a little help with his mental game. Jimmy Piersall, the former Red Sox and Mets outfielder, also kept the shrinks...
FEDS: NOT SO FA$T ON 'GOVERNOR'S' ISLAND
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amGov. Pataki yesterday unveiled his long-awaited plan to transform Governors Island into a tourist paradise -- but there were fears the feds still might auction off the harbor jewel to...
GREEN: YANKEE $TADIUM NO PRIORITY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amPublic Advocate Mark Green -- who could become mayor as soon as Jan. 1, 2001 -- said yesterday that the Yankees don't deserve more than a "modest" contribution from the...
INTERNET FIRM HIT WITH $3M SEX SUIT
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amInternet broadcasting giant Pseudo Programs has a very real problem with sexual harassment, an ex-employee claims in a $3 million lawsuit that charges women at the company are treated as...
DALLAS SCHOOLS BIG UNDER MICRO$COPE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amDallas schools boss Bill Rojas, a top contender to succeed Rudy Crew, is facing accusations that he misused an official credit card and billed the school system for unnecessary trips...
GUN WAS FLUNG FROM PUFFY'S WINDOW: SOURCE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe 9mm handgun allegedly flung from the speeding car of Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jennifer Lopez was tossed out of the rear right window -- where the rap mogul was...
LOCAL HERO PUTS MAIMED KOSO KID ON ROAD TO RECOVERY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amA gutsy Kosovo teen whose legs were blown off by a land mine will walk again -- thanks to a New Yorker who cried when he heard her heartbreaking story...
BUSH PLEDGES TAX CUTS IN ROWDY GOP DEBATE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amDURHAM, N.H. -- A feisty George W. Bush vowed "tax cuts, so help me God" as the six Republican 2000 wannabes tangled in a sometimes raucous debate last night. "This...
STUN-GUN STALK HORROR FOR CELINE DION
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amA stalker brandishing a stun gun menaced "Titanic" diva Celine Dion at her New Year's Eve concert -- but he was quickly subdued by security guards, Canadian newspapers said. About...
ELIAN'S KIN: WE'LL FIGHT! - SCORES BUSTED AT PROTESTS IN MIAMI
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amMiami cops yesterday arrested more than 135 furious demonstrators protesting the U.S. decision to send tug-of-war tot Elian Gonzalez home to his father in Cuba -- as relatives of the...
BANDIT'S VICTIM FACES GUN RAP
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amA would-be robber toting a sawed-off shotgun in his gym bag was shot and killed yesterday in a Brooklyn electronics store -- and one of his victims faces an illegal-gun...
EX-TOP COP TAKES WRITE TURN AS CYBER-COLUMNIST
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amOpinionated former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton has found a new bully pulpit - as a cyber-columnist for the law-and-order Internet service APBnews.com. His first piece, which will appear on the...
GORE'S TOP AIDE IN RACIAL FUROR
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The lone black Republican in Congress and retired Gen. Colin Powell blasted Al Gore's shoot-from-the-hip campaign manager yesterday for suggesting they're GOP tokens. In separate letters, an angry...
RUSSIANS MAULED IN ATTACKS ON GROZNY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe Russian military acknowledged yesterday a dramatic increase in casualties to its troops as the battle to capture the Chechen capital of Grozny intensifies. Eighty-four soldiers have been killed in...
PISTOL WAS FLUNG OUT OF COMBS' WINDOW: SOURCE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe 9mm handgun allegedly flung from the speeding car of Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jennifer Lopez was tossed out of the rear right window - where the rap mogul was...
THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - BILLS' NEW QB WON'T STOP TITANS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Bills have made a lot of news this week, and we're not talking about just Parcells and Belichick. Wade Phillips rocked the football world when he named Rob Johnson...
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE are certain things that will never change, no matter what year it is, and one of them is the annual New York National Boat Show that traditionally brings in...
A SOUND MOVE: BREEN'S BETTER OFF WITHOUT IMUS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amMIKE BREEN, in the next few weeks, will be leaving his 10-year gig as the main sports man on "Imus in the Morning." Officially, Breen's departing because his 'round-the-country, 'round-the-clock,...
FRANCESA HITS NEW LOW -PANDERING TO PARCELLS KILLED HIS CREDIBILITY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amFor crying out loud, FAN has reached the stage where Chris Russo now interviews Francesa about the Jets. MIKE FRANCESA's credibility rating has fallen so far, so fast, that getting...
STEWARDS MAKE VERGARA SIT FOR WEEK
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amJockey Octavio Vergara was suspended seven days from Jan. 9 to Jan. 15 for careless riding during the running of the first race on Wednesday. If Vergara rides in the...
ASTROS TO GIVE DOC A SHOT
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amDwight Gooden is in a hurry to get to Houston again, but this time there are no guarantees. Gooden, 35, signed a minor league contract with the Astros yesterday and...
HONDO: LET THE VOTING BEGIN
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amHONDO closed out the regular season dead last in the overall standings and in the middle of the pack in Best Bets. Tied with Rico Monday night, Mr. Aitch was...
DOC SEES CHANGE IN EWING - RIVERS PRAISES NEW DIMENSION IN KNICKS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO -- Faced with taking on Patrick Ewing for the first time in his reign as Magic coach, Doc Rivers says it seems kind of strange coming up with a...
PERKY PATRICK SET FOR BACK-TO-BACK TEST
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ORLANDO -- Now comes the real test. After playing 11 games, Patrick Ewing enters the first back-to-back set since his return from Achilles problems when the Knicks play...
ESCHMEYER SCORING POINTS WITH CASEY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES It certainly is a relief to know that Evan Eschmeyer was hurting during the Nets' summer league experience. The untrained medical eye simply thought the 6-11 rookie was...
BELICHICK MAKES FIRST MOVE TO GAIN HIS FREEDOM
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amBill Belichick filed an eight-page grievance with the NFL yesterday, his first official move to gain his freedom for an apparent better-paying, head coaching position. The letter gives the ex-coach's...
CARSON DEFENDS FORMER COACH
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amHarry Carson looked ready yesterday to sack Jets fans for giving his good friend Bill Belichick a hard time. The former Giant standout said Belichick made a good move by...
GROH-ING INTO JOB? - LB COACH HAS LEAD IF JETS STAY IN-HOUSE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amBill Parcells, who reiterated yesterday that he prefers not to coach again, did leave a sliver of hope to Jets' fans that he might work the sidelines for one more...
STEPHON TURNS KERRY INTO ONE TOUGH DUDE
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe Minnesota scouting report on Kerry Kittles was simple, Stephon Marbury recalled. "It was that he's soft, that if you hit him, he won't play any more," Marbury said. "That...
ARIEL BACK AT THE BIG A
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amAriel Smith, the front-runner for the Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey of 1999, returned to the scene of his greatest triumphs yesterday, finishing last aboard Red Lodge (who bled)...
TUNA SAYS HE WON'T LET FRANCHISE GO 'DOWN THE TUBES'
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amAnd on the fourth day, Bill Parcells emerged from his second-floor Weeb Ewbank Hall bunker ... sort of. Parcells, who's essentially been in hiding since his Monday retirement from coaching...
JAMAICA FINALLY TURNS OFF EDISON
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amH.S. BASKETBALL Jamaica 65 - Edison 56 It's a good thing Dewitt Thomson is a basketball coach and not a chemist. Yesterday, during Jamaica's 65-56 win over Edison, the experiment...
ERNIE: THE DREAM WEAVER - GRUNFELD'S PULL HELPED ALLEN GAIN OLYMPIC NOD OVER CARTER
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amWHO are the only ones capable of holding Vince Carter to 13 points? Dean Smith and the U.S. Olympic Selection Committee. Ray Allen's pristine outpost accuracy may have been the...
GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amDevils 6 - Sabres 3 BUFFALO -- The joy was that of the surprised, a team that is suddenly reclaiming its reputation at the midpoint of the season, even if...
DOLAN MUST UP ANTE FOR JETS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amSo how badly does Charles Dolan want the Jets? The cable titan appears boxed into a corner and must add more cash to his once-dominating $615 million bid for Gang...
ISLANDERS' EFFORT IS POINTLESS
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amFlyers 3 - Islanders 2 PHILADELPHIA -- Finally, the Islanders gave the type of effort Butch Goring has been demanding. But it took a powerful speech from his assistant coach...
MCKAY RESPONDS TO R&R
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amBUFFALO - His team has seen the benefit of rest, and now Randy McKay has felt what one game off can do, despite the continual controversy that surrounds his team's...
STILL NO CAN-DO FOR KENNY
January 7, 2000 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Since contracting a viral infection a few days before New Year's, defenseman Kenny Jonsson has missed four games and lost at least 12 pounds. After a long skate...